Senior Network Engineer

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Job Grade: 217

Salary Range: $68,712 - $85,891

Campus Location: Walters State Community College - Morristown Campus (Employees are assigned to a “home” location but may occasionally or regularly be required to work at other WSCC locations.)

Job Purpose: The purpose of this position is to design, implement, and manage the enterprise network infrastructure that underpins academic and administrative services across all Walters State Community College campuses. The Senior Network Engineer oversees the full lifecycle of network systems—including data, voice, video, wireless, and structured cabling—to ensure high performance, scalability, and reliability. This position is responsible for planning and maintaining network capacity, redundancy, and fault tolerance to support continuous operations and minimal service interruptions. The role performs advanced troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and proactive system monitoring utilizing industry-standard tools and methodologies. In addition, the Senior Network Engineer enforces enterprise network security by deploying and managing firewalls, VPNs, intrusion prevention systems, and access controls, and ensuring compliance with institutional and regulatory standards. The position also researches, evaluates, and recommends emerging network technologies and architectures that support the college’s long-term goals for innovation, resilience, and secure connectivity.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides leadership and oversight in the daily administration, maintenance, and operation of institutional network services, including hardware, software, network security, and configuration management, to ensure reliable and efficient functionality across all Walters State Community College campuses.
• Performs advanced diagnostics, troubleshooting, and resolution of complex network problems, including hardware failures, system performance issues, internet and intranet connectivity, and access to mission-critical resources, to maintain high levels of availability and service quality.
• Oversees network security operations by managing firewall configurations, monitoring system integrity, and implementing enterprise-level security protocols. Administers the institution’s VOIP communications infrastructure to provide secure, dependable service across all campuses. 
• Designs, implements, and maintains enterprise network architectures and related systems, incorporating current technologies in security, routing, switching, wireless networking, network segmentation, and inventory tracking in support of institutional needs.
• Participates in institutional technology planning by contributing to the development of long-term infrastructure initiatives for data, voice, and video communication systems that align with academic, administrative, and operational goals.
• Directs and coordinates the planning, design, and installation of structured cabling and network communication systems for new construction, renovation projects, and campus expansions. Oversees vendor relationships to ensure timely, cost-effective, and standards-compliant solutions.
• May perform other duties as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a highly related field
  
• Five or more years of career experience as a network administrator, network engineer, or closely related position.
  
• Advanced skills in network, wireless, and network security technologies
  
• Advanced experience with network segmentation using VLANs, routing, and subnetting
  
• Ability to focus on essential job functions, prioritize event response, and organize work in an efficient manner
  
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with college employees, students, vendors, and the general public
  
• Willingness to work flexible hours and provide after-hours emergency support as required
  
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information, must be able to pass a background check, and a valid driver’s license is required and must be maintained
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• A master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a highly related field
  
• Ten or more years of career experience in a closely related field
  
• Cisco, Aruba, network, or other industry-recognized certifications
  
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